As the summer melt season ends, Arctic sea ice extent has now fallen to an exceptionally low level, covering an area only half the size of the 1979 to 2000 average.READ MORE

The Arctic sea ice extent for Sept. 16, 2012, shown in white, was 1.32 million square miles, which is 18 percent below the previous record low of 1.61 million square miles, set in September 2007. The orange line illustrates the 1979 to 2000 median sea ice extent for that day. (National Snow and Ice Data Center)

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The Warriors of Qiugang, a Yale Environment 360 video, chronicles a Chinese village’s fight against a polluting chemical plant. It was nominated for a 2011 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
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